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get rid of the high tax rates and small businesses through tax reform. another point i think the ranking member will keep mentioning, medicare. and the medicare savings used for obamacare. two points. if you take the money from medicare to spend on obamacare, it does not go to medicare. we are saying, do not spend it on obamacare. make sure it goes to spending on the solvency of medicare. a number of groups in writing obamacare, supporting the legislation, said they could do more with less, but not all providers said that. we really do not know the answer to the puzzle because most of the cuts have not occurred yet. the tax increases are already in law and have already started. all the provider changes in the medicare network, and i have been on the oversight committee for 13 years. they have not even begun yet. we have not sorted through what will happen to providers. that is why we set up a mechanism to address the issues as they come in. some providers said they can do more with less. some said they could not. we will have to figure that out so the me
get rid of the high tax rates and small businesses through tax reform. another point i think the ranking member will keep mentioning, medicare. and the medicare savings used for obamacare. two points. if you take the money from medicare to spend on obamacare, it does not go to medicare. we are saying, do not spend it on obamacare. make sure it goes to spending on the solvency of medicare. a number of groups in writing obamacare, supporting the legislation, said they could do more with less, but...
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basically, what this amendment would do, it would not raise taxes, and keep the tax rate and tax revenue levels as they are today. hopefully we would have tax reform and simplification as we go forward. if we keep the revenue levels at the same rate, it would control the growth of spending and maintain the growth of spending each year at 3.4%. the net result of that would be our budget will balance. we can increase spending at 3.4% and still balance the budget. this would remove the that cloud over the country that is already impacting negatively employment, jobs, wages, growth. there is a question about grows that and public debt. -- gross debt and public debt. at that level, it would reduce growth pretty clearly. the international monetary fund, the bank of international settlement, the european central bank has come forward with studies that confirmed in a rather stark way, the analysis that has been done. when debt reaches the leve we have today, it slows growth now. it creates a risk as secretary geithner told us before the committee. the way that exchange went, we asked about the s
basically, what this amendment would do, it would not raise taxes, and keep the tax rate and tax revenue levels as they are today. hopefully we would have tax reform and simplification as we go forward. if we keep the revenue levels at the same rate, it would control the growth of spending and maintain the growth of spending each year at 3.4%. the net result of that would be our budget will balance. we can increase spending at 3.4% and still balance the budget. this would remove the that cloud...
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most middle tax payers would see their tax rate go down. but to be quite a bit of reduction depending on where you are in the tax bill. i do not see anything in here. i read the entire bill. i do not see anything the home mortgage reduction or charitable giving. i do not say those things in here. i do not know what the ways and committee will do with this instruction. i'm not sure what and not a resolution of let's not raise taxes on the middle class effectively does. i would encourage my colleagues at his point to impose the amendment and just adopt a budget as written. i yield back. >> thank you. i yield 10 minutes to my friend from indiana. >> thank you. i do not believe there should be tax increases on anyone the matter their income levels. the best thing we can do is turn the economy around and create jobs and poor money back into this economy. our budget -- and pour money back into this economy. additional taxes on anyone damages the economy. let me see a quick story about my area in indiana. when i go home and i have conversations wi
most middle tax payers would see their tax rate go down. but to be quite a bit of reduction depending on where you are in the tax bill. i do not see anything in here. i read the entire bill. i do not see anything the home mortgage reduction or charitable giving. i do not say those things in here. i do not know what the ways and committee will do with this instruction. i'm not sure what and not a resolution of let's not raise taxes on the middle class effectively does. i would encourage my...
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it's a plan for tax reform. it's a plan to open up our energy stores that we have here so we can be energy independent. we have vast amounts of energy reserves we need to tap so we can put people to work, bring down gas prices, stretch paychecks further. we've got to control our spending appetite. we've got to reform programs like medicare so they're solvent. we've got to reform our safety net so it works to get people on their feet. that's what this budget does. in a nutshell, instead of spending $46 trillion over the next 10 years, as we're currently poised to spend, we spend $41 trillion. instead of growing spending 5% a year we grow at 3.4% a year. with all the predictions of doom and gloom and how evil and terrible and horrible or budget is, it increases spending every year by 3.4% a year instead of 5% a year. the difference is we balance the budget. the difference is we let families keep more of their own take-home pay. the difference is we make sure our kids inherit a debt-free future. the difference is w
it's a plan for tax reform. it's a plan to open up our energy stores that we have here so we can be energy independent. we have vast amounts of energy reserves we need to tap so we can put people to work, bring down gas prices, stretch paychecks further. we've got to control our spending appetite. we've got to reform programs like medicare so they're solvent. we've got to reform our safety net so it works to get people on their feet. that's what this budget does. in a nutshell, instead of...
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-- taxes with a better tax system. and get rid of loopholes to a lower rate. that is what tax reform is. with respect to the spending issues, the medicare provision, here is what obamacare does. it takes $716 billion from medicare to spend on obamacare. we and the rate of the program so all of those dollars go to extending the dollars of obamacare. we have witnessed testimony after testimony, whether it was cbo or cms, tell us you cannot spend the same dollar price. we say do not take that money from medicare and put it in obamacare. goes towards medicare. one more point. we have learned through the past that price controls are not working. we put reserve funds in our budgets to address these inadequacies. last year, a reserve fund. you come up with money to save in other places and present -- prevent from getting cut. they did that and they did not get cut. we sent up the same process for other medicare providers from that that we believe those price controls will damage. this has not been held out yet. all of these c
-- taxes with a better tax system. and get rid of loopholes to a lower rate. that is what tax reform is. with respect to the spending issues, the medicare provision, here is what obamacare does. it takes $716 billion from medicare to spend on obamacare. we and the rate of the program so all of those dollars go to extending the dollars of obamacare. we have witnessed testimony after testimony, whether it was cbo or cms, tell us you cannot spend the same dollar price. we say do not take that...
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taxes every year. nearly 30 million middle income americans would lose their health insurance because of the repeal of the affordable care act and tens of millions of the would lose coverage because of ryan's plan to gut medicaid. we can do better. it would destroy the commitment we made to our nation's seniors, by turning medicare into a voucher program. it would shift the rising cost of health care onto those very american who was already suffered deep financial shocks in the recent fiscal crisis. many of them have lost their homes, lost their health insurance, lost their jobs, lost equity in their homes, lost their savings, and yet we want the ryan -- and yet the ryan budget would break another promise to them. in a profoundly cynical mood the ryan budget would revoke those provisions of the affordable care act that would expand access to care while keeping in place the revenue generated by the act. the ryan budget also guts investments in science. job tructure and all the growth as well as the futu
taxes every year. nearly 30 million middle income americans would lose their health insurance because of the repeal of the affordable care act and tens of millions of the would lose coverage because of ryan's plan to gut medicaid. we can do better. it would destroy the commitment we made to our nation's seniors, by turning medicare into a voucher program. it would shift the rising cost of health care onto those very american who was already suffered deep financial shocks in the recent fiscal...